Petrobras announces that it has completed the formation test for the first extension well of Guará, confirming the accumulation’s high productivity estimates, located in ultra deep waters, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. During the test on well 3-SPS-69 (3-BRSA-788), located at block BM-S-9, flow
With the first quarter of 2011 behind us, DSC is proud to report that business has returned to what it was before the national recession. DSC has always found a sense of security in the backlog the company maintains and is thankful that it has returned to normal. With a name that has become [&hellip
LUX Assure, a research and development company specialising in chemical monitoring technologies for the oil and gas industry, has appointed Laurence Ormerod as chairman further strengthening the firm’s focus on the global oil and gas sector. With 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry, Mr O
It stretches 260km under the North Sea, contains 23,000 tonnes of copper and lead, and may represent the first step towards a renewable ener… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian , April 11, 2011;
Manitoba Hydro has released publicly its expert Concepts Panel report titled, “Potential Use of Submarine or Underground Cables for Long Distance Electricity Transmission in Manitoba.” The study was commissioned following publications by Professor John Ryan on the use of submarine cables in Lake Win
SeaBird Exploration PLC ,a global provider of marine solutions for seabed acquisition of 3D/4C/4D multimode seismic data with OBN operations, marine 2D and 3D seismic data, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry, announces fleet update for Q1 2011 Vessel utilization is defi
Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. announces Mr. Wout de Graaf as new Managing Director of Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. Mr. Wout de Graaf, also CEO of the Vos Industrial Group, wants to professionalize Vos Prodect Innovations bringing the company to a higher level within the offshore wind energy and telec
Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. is pleased to announce Mr. Wout de Graaf as new Managing Director of Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. (vos-prodect) [mappress] Source: vos-prodect, April 11, 2011
The world’s biggest maker of wind turbines is understood to be considering Ireland as a location for a manufacturing plant that would create… By Gavin Daly (sbpost) [mappress] Source: sbpost, April 11, 2011
Seadrill has exercised an option to build a new ultra-deepwater dual derrick drillship at the Samsung yard in South Korea. Total project price is estimated at US$600 million (includes project management, drilling and handling tools, spares, capitalized interest and operations preparations). The deli
Seadrill has exercised an option to build a new ultra-deepwater dual derrick drillship at the Samsung yard in South Korea. Total project price is estimated at US$600 million (includes project management, drilling and handling tools, spares, capitalized interest and operations preparations). The deli
Power conversion specialist Converteam has been selected to supply its sophisticated C-Series dynamic position (DP) control systems for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) destined for operation in the oil and gas fields of Russia’s northern seas. The award for Converteam’s sophisticated automatic po
The Australian federal government on Monday released the biggest area in more than a decade for offshore petroleum exploration, in a move… Source: Xinhua [mappress] Source:Xinhua, April 11, 2011;
CTC Marine has returned to Germany to continue the installation of subsea inter-array power cables on BARD Offshore 1 Wind Farm. The first array cable of the 2011 campaign has already been installed. CTC is installing 80 inter-array power cables in total on the 400MW development located in the Germa
